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December 2016 – January 2017 Kislev / Sh’vat 5777
Why Chanukah Never Comes Late
By Rabbi Mark Glickman
“Chanukah,” people tell me, “falls late this year. It doesn’t begin until
Christmas Eve!”
The statement is a mistake, of course. Chanukah doesn’t fall late this
year. In fact, this year, Chanukah starts on the same day it starts
every year – on the 25th of Kislev. And while it’s untrue that
Chanukah comes late this year, what is true is that Christmas comes
early this year. Usually, Christmas comes only at the very end of the
month of Kislev, or even at the beginning of Tevet. This year,
however, Christmas comes earlier – it begins on the 25th of Kislev.
One of the central challenges of modern Jewish life is to live in Jewish
time. It’s a challenge, of course. When the world around us counts
the months, “January, February, March…,” we Jews are to count
them “Tishrei, Cheshvan, Kislev….” When the world around us counts
off the holidays, “Thanksgiving, Remembrance Day, Christmas…,” we
Jews are to count off “Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot,
Chanukah….” While living in a world that uses the Gregorian
calendar, we need to also figure out how to live by our Jewish
calendar while still remaining part of the world around us.
Indeed, cultures are defined perhaps more than anything else by the
calendars that give shape to their experience of time. It is our
calendars that give us weekends and weekdays; it is our calendars
that give us festivals and holidays; it is our calendars that give us
birthdays and anniversaries. Without a common calendar, we
wouldn’t be able to share work, rest, or celebrations in the way we
have become accustomed to. Without a shared calendar, culture as
we know it wouldn’t exist.
From the
Rabbi’s Study
Rabbi Mark Glickman
In This Issue
Notes from the Office .............. 2
President’s Message ................ 3
Life Cycle Events .................... 4
Yahrzeits ............................... 4
Donations.............................. 6
Temple News ......................... 6
Notices ............................... 10
Calendars ........................ 15-16
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Of course, we live in Canada, which means that our workaday lives are governed by the January,
February, March rhythm of the Gregorian year. But as Jews, we must never forget that we have our own
calendar which, taken seriously, would give our year a very different rhythm. Indeed, living by the Tishrei,
Cheshvan, Kislev tempo of the Jewish year is what holds our people together wherever we may live.
So this year, don’t bemoan the tardiness of Chanukah. Instead, be happy for your Christmas-celebrating
friends that their holiday comes so early. Being happy about this year’s timing of Christmas, you see, is
one of the most Jewish things we can do.
Shalom,
Rabbi Mark Glickman
Notes from the Office
Donations to Temple
There are several ways for you to donate to Temple.
Oneg sponsorship — to sponsor an oneg for a special occasion
or in memory of a loved one you can choose from the following: a
Pizza Party ($250), Shabbat Shiraz ($54) or a regular oneg
($180).
Saturday kiddush sponsorship — $150.
Tribute cards — for a minimum donation of $18 you can send a
card to express your condolences or to remember a special
occasion.
Safeway cards — we have cards in the amounts of $25, $100
and $250 for you to purchase. Please call the Temple bookkeeper
Monday through Friday.
THE KOL TIKVAH TEAM
NON-MEMBERS KOL TIKVAH
SUBSCRIPTION $30 PER YEAR
Rabbi: Mark Glickman
President: Betsy Jameson
Executive Director:
Danny Oppenheim - [email protected]
Administrator: Sheila Hart
Bookkeeper: Connie Harding
Kol Tikvah Editors: Andy Kubrin,
Marsha Levy and Monica Lis
Temple B’nai Tikvah
Communications Team: Tania
Guerrero, Josh Hesslein, Andy Kubrin,
Monica Lis, and Kayla Lis.
Volunteer Kol Tikvah Proofreaders:
Allan Bell, Marcia Bell, Elaine Hashman,
Myron Podlog, and Alex Zisman.
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We’ve had an amazing month, highlighted by the installation of
Rabbi Mark Glickman as our fourth settled rabbi. We heard inspiring
and challenging lessons from Moshe Yedlin Scholar-in-Residence
Rabbi Gary Zola at the installation and the next day at Torah study
and in his teaching from ethical wills of Canadian and U.S. Jews. At
the installation, Rabbi Glickman’s drash about his grandfather,
Sylvester Marx, movingly evoked the importance of maintaining
Jewish life l’dor v’dor.
We were honoured to welcome the Honourable Kent Herr, Minister
of Veterans Affairs and distinguished representatives of the Beth
Tzedec Congregation, the Kehilat Shalom Society, the Calgary
Jewish Federation, the United Jewish Appeal, the Chevra Kadisha,
the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews, the Calgary Interfaith
Council, the Christian Life Centre, and the RCMP. It was a particular
joy to welcome Rabbi Glickman’s family, and we look forward to
return visits from all our guests.
Thanks to everyone who organized the installation: Katie Baker,
Nadine Drexler, Deborah Yedlin, Natashia Halikowski, Ken Drabinsky,
Josh Hesslein, Andy Kubrin, Sheila Hart, Danny Oppenheim, and Ken Sullivan. Heartfelt thanks to Roz
Mendelson for her leadership and to Deborah Yedlin and Martin Molyneaux for their support of the Moshe
Yedlin Scholar-in-Residence, and their generous support of the Kiddush lunch.
Our transition as congregation and rabbi continues with opportunities to meet Rabbi Glickman up close
and personal at small gatherings in members’ homes. Please consult the announcement of upcoming
gatherings in Kol Tikvah and the weekly email blasts, and please contact Nadine Drexler if you would like
to host a gathering in your home.
The installation capped an extraordinary month. We initiated our new Lunch and Learn series with an
inspiring talk by Dr. Gayla Rogers. On November 5, Mayor Naheed Nenshi surprised our Shabbat School
students, responding to letters last spring from students in grades 1 and 2, who wrote the mayor about
their hopes for tikkun olam. The mayor visited them to discuss tikkun olam, and to encourage us all to
celebrate Canada’s centennial by performing three acts of kindness for Canada.
Finally, we enjoyed Noa’s uplifting concert November 10, with master guitarist Gil Dor. If you missed it,
access Ted Switzer’s video on our website and Facebook page of Noa’s moving rendition of Leonard
Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” just after learning of Cohen’s death. Many thanks to Mr. David Lyons, the S. Daniel
Abraham Center for Middle East Peace and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs who made the concert
possible, to Michelle Doctoroff for incomparable hospitality, and to Steve Eichler, who makes it all happen.
The fun continues. Please join us for Lunch and Learn December 13, when Dr. Adrienne Kertzer will speak
on ”Cinderella's Stepsisters, Traumatic Memory, and Young People's Writing”; for the congregation’s
Chanukah celebration December 30; and for Sara’s Voice January 15. See Temple email blasts for details.
On a less happy note, recent weeks were marked by distressing acts of hatred and anti-Semitism in the
U.S. and Canada following the U.S. election. In Israel, on November 24, Reform synagogue Kehillat
Ra'anan was defaced with graffiti and a knife on its door, and death threats were issued against Anat
Hoffman (Executive Director of the Israel Jewish Action Center), Rabbi Rick Jacobs (President of the Union
for Reform Judaism), and Rabbi Gilad Kariv (President of the Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism. In
the days ahead, may our community find the strength to resist hatred and fear, and continue to advance
the values of inclusion that we carry forward as B’nai Tikvah, Children of Hope.
President’s Message
Betsy Jameson
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Life Cycle Events
Condolences
Rabbi Rick Kline and family on the loss of his father, Cecil Kline.
Shauna Switzer, Ted Switzer, Michele Doctoroff, Donna Riback and many other Temple members on the
loss of Israel “Sruki” Switzer.
Healing Prayers
Harvey Balakofsky, Lisa Marr-Laing, Barak Moshe ben Ruth, David Adelman, Martin Stoffman, Michael Sautman, Sherry Bambury, Allan Bambury, Evy Carnat, Eric Grief, Anne Belzberg, Norma Sautman,
Landon Macarenhos, Sylvia Meyers, Stella Peszneker, Marsha Carnat, Julia Cornester, Hazel Orpen, Eva
Zanbilowicz, Shirley Dunn, Mara Vogel, Trisha McKinney, Nancy Wolford, Anna Tarsitano, Bronwyn Leifer, Toby Strout, Ralph Nixon, Arnold Grobman, Francesca Scattarregia, Valerie Murphy, Elkan Charikar, Tova
Yedlin, Debbie Bosomworth, Sofia Slovatek, Anna Hepner, Jim Moscovitch, Rachel Moscovitch
Welcome to Our New Members
Please welcome Ketzia Shapira
We make every effort to ensure information is correct, however, despite our best efforts, sometimes
errors regrettably still occur.
We are delighted to welcome Heather Zinkhofer, fiancée of Jonathan Ashkin. Our sincere apologies to
Heather and the Ashkin family for this omission.
We are also delighted to welcome Dr. Alec Oskin, who we mistakenly introduced as Boris & Emma in
October Kol Tikvah. Our sincere apologies to the Oskin family for this error.
Yahrzeits
To be read on December 2
Michael Mann David Pollick Mary Faber Mary Moscovich
Malcolm Scourfield Bella Korman Joseph Moscovich
To be read on December 9
Yekusiel Friedman Richard Furst Pearl Rosenbaum Saul Bleviss
Billie Greif Alvin Kerr Eileen King Isaac Leiser
Judith Reicher Seymour Chappe Norman Rubin Jacob Spindel
To be read on December 16
Sidney Pearlman Ida Switzer Ruth Belzberg Ben Schachar
Margaret Bleviss Abraham Jack Conn Arnold Benjamin Henriette Mandel
Libby Shenfield Betty Riback
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To be read on December 23
Nelson Gotlieb Sara Wachnow Harry Carnat Sara Carnat
Shaim Gampel Kathleen Allen Yacov Hertz David Wolk
Maxwell Settari Arpad Kaldor Morris Silver
To be read on December 30
Batsheva Gampel Rose Goodman Mendel Switzer David Viner
Bessie Eisenstadt Viola Jackson Michael Ross Paul Ethel Schachar
To be read on January 6
Jean Panter Mordechai Avigdor Tzvia Avigdor Celia Isaacs
Evy Uditsky Murray Walden Ida Gerber Frances Semel
Jeffrey Dolph Isidor Kahn Katie Birnbaum Rubin Goldberg
Misza Mowszowicz Arnold (Nicky) Steinberg Edward Jacob Brodsky Bob Steinhauser
To be read on January 13
Jack Switzer Allan Hilford Phillip Kates Bluma Richmond
Dinah Spindel Arthur Fromson Jennie Locke Doreen Nathanson
Alice Arato Sam Shernofsky Erna Becker Don Dudder
Dov Goodwin Archie Shapiro
To be read on January 20
William Goodwin Samuel Lesser Jack Shannon Sylvia Sugarman
Fred Altman Jean Brown Marianne Weisskopf Nathan Bing
Dr. Jack Birnbaum Dr. Alex Belkin Sarah Shuman Leslie R. Walker
David Eugene Field Harry G. Shuman Rhoda Frankel
To be read on January 27
David Finkelman Betty Yan Esther Wechsler Jameson
Jewell Polly
Assya Osnat Zisman Carson Hodgins John King Luther Ewart Walden
Daniel Arato Carole Drexler Min Fayerman Sadie Riback
Alma Walden Randolph Crowell
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Donations
In Honour Of From Occasion
Dan Arato Fund
Michelle Moss Peter & Judith Arato Get Well
Jack & Randy Szymkowicz Peter & Judith Arato In appreciation
Rayna Babin Peter & Judith Arato Mazel Tov
Temple Allen Ponak In memory of Sam Ponak
General Operating
Jeff & Helen Faber Stan & Trish Mayer Condolences
Temple Edward & Leah Hershey In appreciation
Jeff Eichler Betsy Jameson In appreciation
Kiddush
Temple Michele Doctoroff & Ted Switzer In memory of Uncle Al Girtle
Temple Henri & Donna Mydlarski In memory of Ruchia Mydlarski
Temple Morley & Cheryl Shore In memory of Edythe Rogers
Temple Cynthia Roll In memory of Ernestine Roeder Roll
Rabbi’s Discretionary
Temple Sean Becnel In honour of Rabbi Mark Glickman
Temple Beverly Schecter In memory of Abe & Etta Schecter
Shabbat School
Temple Karen Sher In memory of Bella (Bunny) & Ralph Sher
Smolkin Memorial Wall
Phil & Harriet Libin Len Himelfarb & Cathy Somes Condolences
Temple News
Temple Celebrates Rabbi Glickman’s Installation
On November 18, 2016, Temple B'nai Tikvah officially (and joyously) appointed its fourth settled rabbi,
Mark Glickman. We also welcomed Dr. Gary Zola, Moshe Yedlin Scholar-in-Residence, who delivered a
lecture the following day entitled "Golden Threads: Linking the Generations, Jews and Their Ethical Wills."
See the following pages for pictures of an event we will always cherish. (Photos courtesy of Andrea Katz.)
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Paul Finkleman Receives 2016 Stars of Alberta
Volunteer Award
Temple member Paul Finkleman is one of six Albertans honoured to be a recipient of the 2016 Stars of
Alberta Volunteer Award for outstanding service to the community. His selfless efforts in activities such as
helping the city’s underprivileged through feeding the homeless at the Calgary Drop-In Centre, his years
of dedication to environmental stewardship as President of the Weaselhead Preservation Society and his
other volunteer works have been recognized by the Alberta Government.
This year’s presentation will take place at Government House in Edmonton on December 5.
Mayor Nenshi Visits Shabbat School
It’s not every day that the mayor answers your letter in person, but that’s just what happened in Shabbat
school on Saturday November 5, 2016. The grade 1-2 kids had written to Mayor Nenshi about tikkun olam
last year, and instead of licking a stamp, the mayor decided to drop by for a chat instead.
Mayor Nenshi discussed the kids’ tikkun olam project with them. He also presented the “3 things for
Canada” initiative, which fits in perfectly with tikkun olam. We each need to perform three acts to better
Canada, the mayor said, which will total just under 100 million acts of service to the community.
Judging by the photo, it looks like the mayor drew a pretty good crowd.
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As December 10 is the last day of Shabbat School before the winter break, the Shabbat School will
celebrate Chanukah early. At 11:00 on December 10, the children will join their parents in the Betty
Switzer social hall for latkes, dreidels and a sing along.
Volunteers Gift Shabbat Baskets to New Members
On the eve of the first November snowfall, a group of
wonderful volunteers met at the Finkleman home to
create and deliver beautiful Shabbat baskets for all our
new Temple B’nai Tikvah members. This year’s creative
team included Shauna Switzer, Patti Winston, Robyn
Winograd, and Marlene & Norm Yanofsky. Delivering to
all four corners of the city were Helen Faber, Elaine
Harris, Elaine Hashman, Ilana Krygier Lapides, Norm and
Kathy Schachar, Maggie Serpa-Francoeur, Tina & Isabel
Stanleigh, and Patti Winston. Working out the routes,
keeping everything organized and running smoothly was
Paul Finkleman.
Many thanks go out to all the volunteers! A big round of
thanks also goes out to our anonymous family who donates the lovely travel prayer books that we are
able to add to the baskets each year! We constantly hear stories from those delivering baskets that this is
their favourite project to work on each year, as the recipients are always so pleased to meet them and
receive such a lovely gift from our Membership Committee just in time for Shabbat.
If you are interested in helping out with this project next year, please contact Deb Finkleman
Notices
Rabbi Glickman Launches Stolen Words at Jewish Book Festival
Stolen Words is an epic story about the largest collection of Jewish books in the world—tens of millions of
books that the Nazis looted from European Jewish families and institutions. Nazi soldiers and civilians
emptied Jewish communal libraries, confiscated volumes from government collections, and stole from
Jewish individuals, schools, and synagogues. Early in their regime the Nazis burned some books in
spectacular bonfires, but most they saved, stashing the literary loot in castles, abandoned mine shafts,
and warehouses throughout Europe. It was the largest and most extensive book-looting campaign in
history.
The Canadian launch will take place Wednesday December 7 at 6:30 - 8:00pm at the JCC.
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Stand Up and Be Counted (if you can afford
$1.50/month or more)
We are in the final month of this year’s annual campaign for the Calgary Jewish Federation's United Jewish
Appeal (UJA).
There are many reasons that every single member of Temple needs to join the Jewish Federation by
making at least a token donation of chai ($18) to UJA each year. For instance, we all rely on the following,
so we should all contribute:
The JCC itself (our community’s living room!).
The Jewish Federation provides the liaison with the police to ensure we have community-wide security
at all Jewish institutions every day of the year but particularly for occasions like High Holy Days.
Every time there is an event that results in government or the media wanting to consult with the
Jewish Community, it is the Federation that represents us.
When there is a hate crime, when there are threats to community security, when someone experiences
anti-Semitism in the workplace or at school, the Jewish Federation is there to help us all.
PJ Library (check out the bookshelves at Temple).
Israel and Jewish advocacy.
Seniors’ programming through the JCC and Jewish Family Service Calgary.
Holocaust and Human Rights Education and Commemoration.
Etc. etc.
Let’s do the math together:
How many Jews live in Calgary? Estimates are about 8,500.
How many Jews donate to the UJA campaign? 1,639 in 2015.
Therefore, I ask everyone who can afford $1.50 per month to make a token donation in order to ‘stand up
and be counted.’ Let’s face it: we are small even at 8,500!!! Let’s at least be as strong as we can be. Make
a commitment to the community, because the community is looking out for all of us.
A minimum donation of $18 per adult (donations from couples should be made separately) affirms our
commitment to Calgary's Jewish community.
Donations can be made online at www.jewishcalgary.org, by phone to Diana Kalef at 403-444-3154 or
Irena Karshenbaum at 403-537-8594, or at the Federation office at the JCC (Jewish Community Centre).
— Bonnie Kaplan
Your Grocery Dollars Can Work for Temple
Grocery GIFT CARDS are sold by Temple as a fundraising project. You can purchase Gift Cards to be used
at Co-Op and/or Safeway/Sobeys to purchase groceries or gasoline for your vehicle. The cards are
available in the following denominations: $25, $100, $250, $500. There is NO expiry date.
You can order with post-dated cheques. IF you use a credit card, please consider paying Temple 3% to
offset the credit card fees incurred by Temple which cuts our profit in half! Safeway cards may be pre-
ordered for delivery in December and January. Co-Op cards can be ordered every month of the year.
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Consider purchasing gift cards for yourself, your kids who live away from home, post person, newspaper
delivery person, gardeners, snow shovellers, anyone you want to recognize and remember at holiday
time.
In December, there will be extra cards (not pre-ordered) which you may purchase at our Temple office.
— Donna Riback
Lunch and Learn with Dr. Adrienne Kertzer
Please bring your lunch and join us at noon December 13 in the Temple library for a presentation by Dr.
Adrienne Kertzer, U of C Professor Emerita of English, who willl speak on "Cinderella's Stepsisters,
Traumatic Memory, and Young People's Writing." Dr. Kertzer specializes in the representations of trauma,
children's literature, Holocaust literature, and women's writing. Her book, My Mother's Voice: Children,
Literature, and the Holocaust, received the 2003 Canadian Jewish Book Award for Scholarship and the
2004 Children's Literature Association Honor Book Award.
— Betsy Jameson
Upcoming Concert – Save the Date for Sara’s Voice
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Todah Rabah for Oneg Sponsorship
David Adelman In honour of the baby naming of his grandson, Kaleb Jon
Adelman
Carla Atkinson
Jewish Community Foundation In honour of the Jewish War Veterans of Calgary
Jerry & Elaine Hashman In memory of Helen Michaud
Larry & Lynn Glickman, Jim
Glickman
In honour of Rabbi Glickman's installation
Jay & Leigh-Ann Palter In honour of Rabbi Glickman's installation
Deborah Yedlin & Martin Molyneaux Moshe Yedlin Scholar in Residence Kiddush Lunch
Susan Light In memory of Beatrice Light
Betsy Jameson In honour of Rabbi Glickman's installation
Roz Mendelson & David Hodgins In honour of Rabbi Glickman's installation
An Invitation for Seniors to Meet Rabbi Glickman
Temple seniors, here’s a great chance for you to meet Rabbi Glickman.
The meeting will be held Sunday December 11 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm at 9449 19 Street SW Calgary
T2V 5J8 (main floor in the social room of the condominium). Street parking is available.
Refreshments will be served. Transportation may be arranged for any in need.
RSVP to Susan Podlog: Tel: 403-281-6375 or [email protected].
— Susan Podlog
Up Close and Personal with the Rabbi
Shirley Dunn and Paul Leney have offered to host gatherings with Rabbi Glickman on December 14 and
December 20, respectively. They would welcome any members who like to join them. If you are
interested, please contact either Shirley, Paul or Nadine Drexler ([email protected]).
If you would like the opportunity to host a smallish, informal gathering which would allow Rabbi Glickman
to get to know us better and vice versa, please contact Nadine Drexler at [email protected] or the
Temple office.
— Nadine Drexler
See the beauty around us, and appreciate the beauty
within
Join Rabbi Glickman from August 20-28, 2017 on a canoe trip or a fly in spiritual retreat in the
MacLennan lake area, Northern Saskatchewan. All ages and abilities welcome. Come to the information
session on January 10, 2017 at 7:00 pm in the Temple library. For further information contact Kyna
O’Gallagher ([email protected]).
— Kyna O’Gallagher
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December Doc Soup: MR. GAGA
MR. GAGA is the December Doc Soup selection presented by the Calgary International Film Festival and Hot
Docs. It is the fascinating story of renowned Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin, an artistic genius who
redefined the language of modern dance. Join Doc Soup at Cineplex Eau Claire on Wednesday,
December 7 at 7 p.m. as it continues its season of the most anticipated and acclaimed documentaries.
MR. GAGA captures the elusive beauty of contemporary dance and immerses the audience in the creative
process behind the Batsheva Dance Company’s unique performances. Eight years in the
making, acclaimed director Tomer Heymann uses intimate rehearsal footage, extensive unseen archive
materials and stunning dance sequences to tell Ohad Naharin's story.
Tickets are available through calgaryfilm.com.
Chanukah Shabbat Potluck
Please join us for a family friendly Shabbat nondairy potluck beginning at 6:00 pm on December 30, 2016.
Dinner will be followed by a family-friendly Shabbat service in the main sanctuary at 7:00 pm. We will
enjoy Chanukah crafts, latkes and sufganiyot with members of our vibrant and diverse Jewish community.
Please extend an invitation to family and friends. Children are welcome!!! Please let Sarah Rosenfeld know
what items you are able to bring to the potluck, and if you can lend a hand with preparations for the event
— Sarah Rosenfeld
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